How the 14 Indicted FIFA Defendants Currently Stand

Updating the legal status of the 14 soccer and sports marketing officials charged in the FIFA corruption case.

Charged in the United States

Jeffrey Webb, President of Concacaf, one of the six regional confederations that compose FIFA, and a vice president of FIFA.

Webb, 50, pleaded not guilty on July 18 at an arraignment in United States District Court in Brooklyn to charges that he had solicited bribes to parcel out lucrative soccer media and marketing deals. Webb, who was arrested in Switzerland in May, was released on a $10 million bond secured by a mix of real estate holdings owned by him, his wife and other relatives; bank accounts; cars; and expensive watches and jewelry. He has been provisionally banned from all soccer-related activities by FIFA’s ethics committee.

Aaron Davidson, president of Traffic Sports USA, a promoter of soccer events, and chairman of the board of the North American Soccer League.

Burzaco pleaded not guilty on July 31 to charges that he had paid bribes to top soccer officials in order to secure lucrative media and marketing contracts. Burzaco had surrendered to the Italian authorities after being declared a wanted person by Interpol in June. He and Webb are the only defendants who have been extradited to the United States. His bail was set at $20 million, twice the amount that secured Webb’s release.

IN CUSTODY

Eugenio Figueredo, former president of Conmebol, the South American soccer federation; Eduardo Li, president of the Costa Rican soccer federation; Julio Rocha, president of the Nicaraguan soccer federation; Costas Takkas, former president of the Cayman Islands soccer federation; Rafael Esquivel, president of the Venezuelan soccer federation; José Maria Marin, former president of Brazil’s soccer federation.

These six men, and Webb, were arrested by the Swiss authorities in May at their luxury hotel in Zurich, where they had gathered for FIFA’s annual congress. While Webb has been extradited, the other six remain in custody in Switzerland. All have been provisionally banned from all soccer-related activities by FIFA’s ethics committee. Rocha has consented to extradition — to Nicaragua. Swiss officials are expected to decide whether to send him there, or to the United States, which requested extradition in July.

Released on Bail

Jack Warner, former president of Concacaf and former vice president of FIFA.

Warner, who resigned from FIFA in 2011 amid an earlier ethics scandal, turned himself in to the police in his native Trinidad and Tobago in June. A judge read out the charges against him and released him on bail of about $400,000. He must report in to the authorities regularly as a condition of his release, but has so far been able to delay his extradition, even though the United States made a formal request on July 22. He has repeatedly, defiantly and, at times, comically professed his innocence.

Under House Arrest

Nicolás Leoz: former president of Conmebol and former member of FIFA executive committee.

Hugo Jinkis and Mariano Jinkis (father and son), and president and vice president of the sports media company Full Play International.

After the FIFA scandal broke, an Argentine judge quickly issued arrested warrants for Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, and that country’s tax authorities said they had opened an investigation into tax evasion. They turned themselves in to the police on July 18 after Interpol raided their company’s offices and issued red alerts for their arrest. Hugo, 70, and Mariano Jinkis, 40, are reportedlyunder house arrest.

Arrest Warrant Issued

José Margulies, sports media executive.

Margulies was charged by the United States as an intermediary who facilitated illegal payments, reportedly in exchange for an annual commission. Margulies, 75, remains listed as “wanted” by Interpol, but because of Brazilian law he has not been arrested.